Posted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Street Scenes | 6 |
These right wingers were protesting in Ueno recently. When I first came to Japan, I was always really curious about what the signs on their vehicles said and what their speeches were about. Now I can read them, I’ve...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Nature, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Travel Destinations | 1 |
The senjojiki (thousand tatami mat cliff) in Shirahama. Shirahama is a popular tourist resort in Wakayama prefecture and these cliffs are a popular tourist attraction. The rock is very soft, and thousands of visitors have carved...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Aug 1, 2017 | Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 1 |
I live in a big apartment tower in Arakawa Ward of Tokyo. Here are a few of the more interesting things I’ve seen from my balcony. The Sumidagawa River fireworks display is an amazing spectacle, but finding a place to...
Read MorePosted by Kame | Last updated Jul 31, 2017 | Architecture and interiors, Pop Culture, Sex, Street Scenes | 1 |
I came across this odd little love hotel will driving along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture. It’s called Ningyou no Osanpo. There’s more information about love hotels in my book, Love Hotels: An Inside Look at Japan’s...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Aug 2, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Kids and Toys, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |
Hina doll at Awashima Jinja in Wakayama prefecture. Many Japanese people believe that dolls have souls, so instead of throwing them in the garbage, they take them to a shrine where they are blessed and ritually burned or thrown...
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